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Police said Tuesday they are searching for a man who allegedly threw lukewarm coffee at women on the street in a suspected hate crime against females.
Police in Changwon, 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, received reports that a man on a bicycle hurled coffee at a total of six women who were alone at a bus stop or on a bench at night from March 9-21. The victims are all in their 20s.
Police are trying to track down the suspect through closed-circuit TV footage.
"As it is suspected as a crime targeting women, we are mobilizing all possible resources to track down the suspect," an officer said. (Yonhap)